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Recipes, parties, and license to make magic
5 Spot
October 2007
On Sale: October 12, 2007
313 pages
ISBN: 1579653383
EAN: 9781579653385
Hardcover
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Sandy Hill is rich in imagination, style, taste, and
experience. She has climbed the highest peak on every
continent. She has kayaked the Arctic and ridden across the
Masai Mara in Kenya on horseback. She owns a vineyard in
California, and she throws parties that are the talk of
whatever town she's in. Memorable entertaining, for her, is not about the easy this
and store-bought that—if it's simple, why bother? It's about
inspiration and preparation, about making every occasion as
grand as you would if it were the last thing you'd ever do.
To that end, she engages her full imagination, rolls up her
sleeves, asks her guests to be co-conspirators, and creates
gutsy, one-of-a-kind events of all sizes and shapes at her
ranch in wine country. The results range from the intimate to the ultimate: rowboat
suppers for two and July Fourth blowouts for hundreds;
Mexican luncheons to celebrate the harvest and feasts
honoring Hindu gods; treasure hunts; poetry readings, grape
picking and wine tastings; bachelor parties and wedding
picnics; and bona fide holidays such as Father's Day,
Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas as you've probably
never imagined they could be. These are parties at which the
energy flows both ways, from prepared and inspired hostess
to willing and active guest, where people sing or cook or
ride for their supper, then talk about it for years to come. But for all these parties' grand gestures, they're not about
precious perfection. The decorations and menus are real and
re-creatable. The recipes, 125 in all, run the gamut from
new twists on traditional American and Mexican food to
rustic Italian, Spanish, Indian, and Scottish, and each is
paired with a specific wine, beer, or cocktail. And while
you may never have an elephant on hand to give your guests
rides at a party, there's nothing to stop you from equally
singular flights of imagination, from guests in costume to
colorful table linens or the sheer beauty of a natural
backdrop. So go on, dream a grand party, with Fandango as
your guide.
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